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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolic about what the Duchess is losing?

2. What is the play's stage setting supposed to represent?

3. What is odd about the Duchess father's presence?

4. Where does the Duchess say her mother is?

5. What is the Duchess missing half of at the start of Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah describe the rooms around her?

2. Describe Patrice Lumumba.

3. Who does Jesus believe his father is?

4. Describe the Duchess and Queen Victoria the first time the audience sees them.

5. What did the African-American man's father tell his son was going to come after him?

6. Who appears on stage with Sarah and what does he do to Sarah?

7. What do the Duchess and Jesus do to each other in Part 4?

8. Why does Jesus scream at the start of Part 4?

9. Where did the African-American man's mother end up?

10. What did Sarah's father send her and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Raymond mean when he says that Sarah's father "eats at a white glass table?" Analyze the statement and relate it to Adrienne Kennedy's theme of racial identity.

Essay Topic 2

How does Adrienne Kennedy utilize religion throughout the play? Chose two characters from the play and discuss how religion effects each character. How does religion tie into Kennedy's theme of racial identity?

Essay Topic 3

How does Adrienne Kennedy use the character of the Landlady in a way similar Greek chorus? Describe a traditional Greek chorus' role in the theater.What is the Landlady's role in the play? What relationship does the audience have with her?

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